Whether you're talking out loud, ghostwriting for your CEO, updating a corporate blog, selling a product, or finishing your doctoral thesis, trimming these 15 words from your vocabulary will make you sound smarter. To see the list of words and reasons why you shouldn't over use them, click the following link:
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What is a Consanguinity Chart and when it is needed? This is a perfect follow-up to my last post, which covered the difference between an Heir and a Beneficiary. This topic is a perfect follow-up to my last post, which covered the difference between an Heir and a Beneficiary. Who inherits your assets if you don't have a Will or if all the named parties in your Will are predeceased? The answer mostly depends on the intestacy laws of your home state and the family relationship each surviving relative has with the deceased person. Here is a short but interesting video on "consanguinity" (derived from the Latin word for blood relation) by HeirSearch, a company that helps executors meet their fiduciary responsibilities in identifying and finding heirs.
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